Matt is a 4 months old male Pekin
I didn’t realised he had spread legs as a baby chick as he walked and run everywhere. We even thought his way of walking was funny.
The problem is that when he evacuates his poop stays often glued to his bottom.
I have trimmed his back feathers but most of the...
Hello Gibson family this is a very old post but I received a blue egg from Turkey which hatched and got a nacked neck, she or he is a cross of Cream Legbar and Naked Neck, the chick will be a month on the 12 september, wondering how you made the difference with male/females and how do they look...
Good morning from Nouakchott, You're right its a nacked neck probably crossed with a Cream Legbar or another chicken that puts blue eggs. The hatchery from where the eggs came doesn't publicise that they have Nacked necks and as she had this ballon of air I thought it had lost her feathers, but...
Thank you, you confirmed my thoughts for the dark ones. I don't think is a naked neck , the chick had her skin around the neck swollen like a balloon of air at birth now the air has gone and I hope feathers will grow. It was born from a blue pastel egg
Hello everybody, I received some eggs from a friend, they where posted and then flew in to us in Nouakchott. From 21 mixed eggs medium/ big size only hatched 5. Have no idea what they are, I have numbered the photos and Nº2 I guess it might be a Brahma or a Cochin. Number three was a round big...
Thanks for your information, yes I will take care of them and all my current flock (Silkies, Sebright and Pekin and some mixed) get on well I just hope the chicks of Ispenç will adapt well.
I found this thread looking for info on Ispenç chickens I see this is a very old thread but I will be getting some fertile eggs of Ispenç in july and looking forward to mixed them with my mixed bantam flock. Tavuk means chicken in Turkish.
Do you still have yours are they gentle and easy to handle.